Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Friday, March 17, 2017

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Yes, Irish I was quilting. My husband and I opened a quilt and yarn shop in Bunn, NC about 25 miles Northeast of Raleigh. We have been open for 8 months. Fortunately we have been so busy I haven't had much time to make any quilts for myself. I am usually making samples for the shop when I can. To celebrate Worldwide Quilting Day which is tomorrow, Marian from Seams to be Sew has brought us all together for this wonderful blog hop and a lot of Giveaways. I have to say I have not blogged for almost an entire year for obvious reasons :) My sewing room has changed quite a bit. Here is what my new sewing room looks like.

The upstairs of my quilt shop ha ha. I share it with the customers, "friends".

At home to keep things organized I like to use old pretzel/snack containers like these...

I remove the label and sort scraps by color in each one. I also have this rolling cart that I bought from Sam's Club and again I try to sort the scraps by color.

This fishing tackle box makes another great organizer. I keep buttons, safety eyes, and other small things in it. Sometimes you can find a tackle box is more inexpensive than some of the sewing organizers out there.

I would say that my favorite tool is my electric seam ripper. Check this out!

You should be able to get one at your local quilt shop. We have these available at our shop or online. Man oh man does it help. I hate frogging (rip it, rip it) one rip at a time. The electric frogger really does come in handy. Thanks to Marian at Seams to be Sew for bringing us all together from all around the world.

Now, do we have some giveaways or what? First you can enter for a chance to win a $25.00 Gift Certificate to my shop, The Broken Needle. The winner will be announced on Monday. If the winner is local you may use it in the shop. If you are not local you may use it online.

Promo code: EQHOP2017The code is good from 3/16/2017 to 3/27/2017Exclusions: Electric Quilt 7, EQ7 Migration Kit, Upgrade from EQ Mini to EQ7, EQ Mini Migration Kit, EQ Academy classes, and EQ University classes.Don't forget to check out all the other blogs today and check out Seams to be Sew too for a Free pattern and more giveaways! Thanks for visiting and have a Kwilt Krazy Day!